Letter: U.S. 'digital totalitarianism' goes unpunished

Opinion

Letter: U.S. 'digital totalitarianism' goes unpunished

Monday, July 8, 2013 at 9:20 am

As America celebrated July 4, the world found itself under siege by America. In ages past, violations of the Fourth and First amendments – massive totalitarian spying on Americans and the world authorized by President Obama, rubber-stamped by Congress and implemented by NSA – would be dubbed "Cybergate." Forty years ago, American news editors would rise to defend Constitutional rights being eviscerated by those who exploit the Patriot Act for despotic purposes. In ages past, NSA's Gen. Keith Alexander and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper would be forced to resign. In ages past, the president would be impeached.